Sun Aihua, a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, has recommended establishing a seasonal protected area for
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One-third of Crimea’s Great Bustard population poisoned
In western Crimea 70 Great Bustards were found poisoned with banned rodenticides. Krym.realii – Массовая гибель краснокнижных птиц произошла в Крыму Rossiiskaya Gazeta –
A Houbara Bustard breeding center is planned for Kalmykia
The center will be financed by the International Fund for Houbara Conservation. Houbara have been observed only three times in the wild in Kalmykia.
Anthropogenic disturbance found to be main factor affecting habitat quality of Great Bustards in Western China
A joint study by researchers from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Eurasian Bustard Alliance
Man killed after filming hunting of Houbara Bustards in Pakistan
After a local man filmed a foreign hunting party attempting to hunt Houbara Bustards, he was found tortured and killed. Vice.com – He filmed
A quarter of the world population of Eastern Great Bustard is overwintering in Changyuan, China
300-450 Great Bustard overwinter in agricultural areas along the Yellow River in Changyuan, China kknews – 國內1600隻大鴇 有四分之一都來長垣過冬了
Great Bustards in the heart of Beijing
“Great Bustards have returned to Tongzhou. Does Beijing have enough wisdom to keep them?” The efforts of community members to limit disturbance for a
Central Asian Flyway Initiative takes flight
The fledgling Central Asian Flyway (CAF) Initiative will bring together governments and conservation actors from thirty nations to coordinate the conservation of migratory birds
Rodenticide poisons birds in Ukraine
Leading ornithologists in Ukraine and Russia are spreading news of repeated die-offs of hundreds of cranes, as well as swans, ducks and other birds
Great Bustard returns to Romania after being hunted to near-extinction
The species, which once numbered 5000 in Romania, was extirpated in the 1980s. A photograph now documents its return to the country.